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Derwin James’ one-game suspension upheld
By Charean Williams
Published September 24, 2024 10:59 PM

Chargers safety Derwin James lost his appeal of his one-game suspension and thus will miss Sunday’s game against the Chiefs.

Hearing officer Derrick Brooks, jointly appointed by the NFL and NFLPA, upheld the suspension Tuesday, the NFL announced.
The league suspended James on Monday for repeated violations of rules intended to protect players’ health and safety.

He has five unnecessary roughness penalties in his past 18 games, the most in the league by a defensive player. All five involved blows to the head of an opponent with his shoulder or helmet.

James has seven unnecessary roughness penalties in his career.

Jon Runyan, the NFL’s vice president of operations, cited James’ past transgressions in a letter to James after James’ most recent illegal hit.

James lowered his helmet and made direct helmet-to-helmet contact with Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth during the third quarter, drawing a penalty.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
McCaffrey is off to Germany..................not for vacation. He is going there to be treated for his Achilles tendonitis with platelet rich plasma injections. Platelet rich plasma in Germany is much more processed and refined than that legally available in the US. This most assuredly will prolong his IR stint.
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This is not a quick fix like US formula injections. This particular form of platelet rich plasma injections for this particular problem (Achilles tendonitis) will not allow McCaffrey to return to play safely before ~6 weeks..
 
During Katrina, the Astrodome was used as an emergency shelter for Louisiana victims. I was the first volunteer surgeon to enter the Astrodome to treat the injured. l was barraged with bottles, cans and other objects while being escorted by 2 deputy sheriffs. Knives and other weapons were routinely confiscated. The stadium was littered with prophylactics and syringes and needles. Although I continued to return each day, many doctors refused to expose themselves to the dangers.

This NFL play is a formula for overwhelming problems not to even mention what it will do to a stadium's normal functions. Planning ahead is unlikely to improve things.

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NFL partners with FEMA to prepare stadiums for use as emergency shelters
By Michael David Smith
Published September 25, 2024 10:46 AM

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is partnering with the NFL to prepare stadiums to be used as emergency shelters that could house people displaced by disasters.

The NFL approached FEMA with the idea, which is reminiscent of how the Superdome was used after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. But while a lack of advance planning left the Superdome short on food, water and supplies, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell is hoping that preparing NFL stadiums in advance will allow them to serve as safe havens in emergencies.

“The biggest difference between this and Hurricane Katrina is we’re doing this in advance,” Criswell told the Washington Post.

“We will know what the capabilities of each specific stadium are, and we will work with them on the threats in the cities that they’re in.”

Criswell said stadiums functioned as temporary hospitals and vaccination sites during the worst of the covid pandemic, and they could become a valuable part of communities’ responses to future emergencies.

“It just made perfect sense,” said Criswell. “We have all of these existing venues. How do we better coordinate during these blue sky days to better understand what they bring to the table and what we can use them for in the future?”

New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, Pittsburgh’s Acrisure Stadium, Seattle’s Lumen Field and Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium have already been identified as stadiums that FEMA will be ready to turn to in case of emergency, and FEMA expects to have other stadiums on board soon.
 
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CloakNNNdagger said:
During Katrina, the Astrodome was used as an emergency shelter for Louisiana victims. I was the first volunteet surgeon to enter the Astrodome to treat the injured. l was barraged with bottles, cans and other objects while being escorted by 2 deputy sheriffs. Knives and other weapons were routinely confiscated. The stadium was littered with prophylactics and syringes and needles. Although I continued to return each day, many doctors refused to expose themselves to the dangers.

This NFL play is a formula for severe problems not to even mention what it will do to a stadium's normal functions. Plpanning ahead is unlikely to improve things.
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Good thing we still have the Astrodome.
 
Lucky said:
Good thing we still have the Astrodome.
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I don't believe that the Astrodome is usable at this point. It did undergo asbestos abatement in 2015. But prior to any human inhabitance, there are many safety issues that would have to be addressed.............mold, rats, etc. Furthermore, from what I've been told, the A/C heating equipment is not appropriately functioning..............and there are no operable windows. The weather (extreme heat or cold) would not make it reasonable/practical without huge amount of monies sunk into renovations.............something that has thus far always held back any true renovations to the Astrodome.

I'm not sure, the owners will be willing to fund these projects...............and taxpayers are even less likely to open their pocketbooks.
 
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Myles Garrett revealed it's both feet that are bothering him. Surgeons have discussed a possible need for a procedure somewhere down the road. Possibly related to double foot surgery he had as a boy. He has admitted that he has had foot pain for most of his life.

The picture that fits is bilateral congenital club foot deformity with corrective surgery as a child. Most of these patient continue to ha.ve foot pain problems into and throughout their adult lives, but tend to do well with normal activities. When you talk about an athlete, especially a huge football player and the stresses on the feet playing the game, the problems can be quite augmented.............and may eventually require further ligament and/or tendon release procedures.
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Kevin Stefanski said today that in addition to the foot injuries, Garrett is now dealing with Achilles and thigh injuries. But Garrett plans to play through them all. When you already have bilateral foot problems and continue to play, you are predictably going to suffer compensatory lower extremity injuries............in this case, Achilles and thigh injuries. I don't know who is advising Garrett....................but, of course, this is the Browns....................
 
Lucky said:
Can't get any audio from this. Is it just me?
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All of Petrack's Watson videos lack audio.

But here is a more realistic take on the same play that Watson called Akins a "decoy"................described by Akins himself................essentially saying that Watson blew it, without saying Watson blew it! :rolleyes:

The audio in this video is still poor quality, but when I use a volume booster extension, it is very inteligible.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1838260604357788028
 
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Browns' Watson on designed runs: I'm not a RB

Deshaun Watson says he is not seeking more designed QB runs to help spark the Browns' offense.
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"I'm not going in there to ask them for more designed runs. ... If I don't have to run, I'm not going to run," Watson said. "I'm not trying to take any hits. ... I'm not a running quarterback, in a sense. I can make things happen, but I'm not trying to run.

"I'm not a running back. It's not my specialty. They signed me to throw the ball, make decisions and be a quarterback, not a runner."
 
JB said:
www.espn.com

Browns' Watson on designed runs: I'm not a RB

Deshaun Watson says he is not seeking more designed QB runs to help spark the Browns' offense.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

"I'm not going in there to ask them for more designed runs. ... If I don't have to run, I'm not going to run," Watson said. "I'm not trying to take any hits. ... I'm not a running quarterback, in a sense. I can make things happen, but I'm not trying to run.

"I'm not a running back. It's not my specialty. They signed me to throw the ball, make decisions and be a quarterback, not a runner."
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He failed in all facets, but especially in the most important trait...................decision-making.
 
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